I had the story, bit by bit, from various people, and, as generally happens in such cases, each time it was a different story.
It was there that, several years ago, I saw him for the first time; and the sight pull.
If you know the post-office you must have seen Ethan Frome drive up to it, drop the reins on his hollow- backed bay and drag himself across the brick pavement to the white colonnade; and you must have asked who he was.
If you know Starkfield, Massachusetts, you know the post-office.
I had the story, bit by bit, from various people, and, as generally happens in such cases, each time it was a different story